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5 of the Canary Islands have active weather warning for rain

It comes into effect from 10am today and affects the following islands…

This doesn’t mean that there won’t be any rain or wind over the next few days, just not under storm warning conditions…

AEMET warns that rain is expected in all islands as follows, which could lead to changes or cancellation of some parades…

Here is the island-by-island forecast for Saturday 3rd January 2026…

Here is the island-by-island forecast for Friday 2nd January 2026…

Here are all the active alerts and the areas they affect…

Here are the key times when Storm Francis is expected to hit the islands hardest. Some councils have already cancelled events…

The islands will start 2026 under yellow weather alerts with heavy rain, strong winds, and thunderstorms forecast across the archipelago…

This route remains the most dangerous migrant sea crossing in the world…

According to IGN, the seismic activity does not appear to be a swarm; instead, it is a main earthquake followed by several aftershocks…

Here is the full forecast for each island on the penultimate day of the year…

Here is the forecast for Monday 29th December for each of the islands…

17,500 people have come to the islands by boat this year compared to 43,700 in 2024…

This increase moves the archipelago into Level 2, classified as a medium-risk by the regional Ministry of Health…

Here is the full forecast for each of the islands…

This is almost a 5% increase compared to the same weekend last year…

The national government has allocated 1.3 billion euros to fund the renewed package…

Spanish airspace confirms a special Christmas Eve flight plan has already been approved…

AEMET forecasts increasing instability from the second half of Christmas Eve onwards…

Eight people and three companies are under investigation for environmental crimes and document forgery…